PT-2021-18006 · Punbb · Punbb

Igor Sak-Sakovskiy · Published 2021-03-22 · Updated 2021-03-24 · CVE-2021-28968

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: PunBB versions prior to 1.4.6

Description: An issue was discovered in the [email] BBcode tag, allowing an XSS vulnerability that enables injecting arbitrary JavaScript into any forum message with authentication.

Recommendations: For PunBB versions prior to 1.4.6, update to version 1.4.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the [email] BBcode tag until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-28968

Affected Products

Punbb

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28968 · Vendor Advisory
• https://punbb.informer.com · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28968 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/25236 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/11859 · Telegram Post